Guard-rail support and fastening device



(kt. 26 1926. v P. w. MOORE 1604363 'GUARD RAIL SUPPORT 5N1": FASTENING DEVICE Filed Feb 19, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 P. W. MOORE 4 GUARD RAIL SUPPORT AND FASTENING DEVICE Patented Oct. 26, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,604,363, PATENT OFFICE.

PHJLLIP 15V. IVIOORE, F HUBBARD WOODS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO THOMAS MANEY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

GUARD-BAIL SUPPORT AND FASTENING DEVICE.

Application filed February 19, 1925.

My invention relates to devices for holding the main and guard rails of a railway track in proper spaced relation. The principal object of the invention is to provide an improved device of the above character, which improvements include compression clips of novel construction adapted to be interposed between a running rail and a guard rail at points between the cross ties; which compression clips are so constructed as to provide greater strength and durability, than other devices ofthis character now in use.

A further object is to provide an im proved fastening device of the above character, so formed that any tendency which the guard rail may have to tip away from the adjacent running rail will be resisted by pressure transmitted directly from the head 01 the running rail to the upper surface of one of the base flanges of the guard rail.

The invention contemplates such other objects as will appear from the new and improved construction and combinatlon of parts and devices hereinafter descrlbed and claimed in connection with a preferred embodiment of the invention.

The invention, in its preferred embodiment, is shown in the accompanying draw- 7 ings, wherein Fig. 1 is a portion of a railway track showing a portion of a running rail and guard rail supported in spaced relation by the device of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on line 22, of Fig. 1, showing the same on a somewhat larger scale.

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of one of the compression clips employed in my pre ferred embodiment, showing the same applied to the base flange of a running rail.

Figs. and 5 are detail perspective views of the compression clip shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of a supporting member for one of the base flanges of the guard rail, and

Fig. 7 is a View inperspective of a tie plate showing the member of Fig. Gin 'position thereon. g

In the drawings 10 designates one of the running'rails of a railway track, 11 a guard rail, and 1 2"one of t'he cross ties 'onwhich the running rail and guardrail fare sup- Serial No. 10,281.

The running rail 10 and guard rail 11 are held in spaced relation to each other by means of a tie plate 13 adapted to be secured to the upper face of a cross tie, a block member 1% for supporting one side of the guard rail, and a compression clip member 15 adapted to be interposed between the 'uard and running rails and so engaged therewith as to secure the base flanges of said rails together. The tie plate 13 is formed at opposite ends with upstanding shoulders 16 and 17 and is provided with suitable spike openings 18, 19, 20 and 21 to ensure proper attachment of the plate to the top face 01 a cross tie. The base portion 22 of the running rail 10 is positioned on the tie plate 13 so as to abut against the vertical shoulder 16 and is secured in proper position by means of spikes 18", 19. The guard rail 11 is supported in position by means of a supporting block 14 formed with a aw to receive one of the base flanges oit'the guard rail and adapted to abut against the shoulder 17 of the tie plate. The other edge of the base flange of the guard rail is supported by means of the clip member 15, upon one of the base flanges of the running rail.

.The clip member 15 is interposed between the base flanges of the running rail and the guard rail at a point between adjacent cross ties and consists, preferably, of a cast.- ing formed at its lower end with a jaw portion 23,. having a recess 24% to receive one edge of the base of the running rail and having a recess 25 which opens outwardly to receive the adjacent flange of the guard rail 11. An arm 26 extends upwardly from the jaw portion 23 of the clip and fits in the space between the head 27 and base 22 or the running rail. The recess 25 is prefably so disposed as to support the adjacent base flange of the guard rail in a position above the base of the running rail, and so that the arm 26 will bear against the upper surface'ofthe base flange of the guard rail. With this construction, the arm 26 of the clip member provides ajpositive brace between the under surface of the head'27 of the running'rail 10 and the upper surface of; theha'se flange of the guard rail 11, so

that'any tendency which the guard rail may have to tip away from the'runni'ng rail,

when subjected to sidethrus't of a car wh el, w l ybe. resi e t-aeemr ee n 1 the arm 26 of the clip member and thereby avoids subjecting the jaw 28 to severe strains.

With the above construction of the clip member 15, the upwardly extending arm 26 thereof, and likewise the jaw portion 23 thereof may be made relatively light in weight without sacrificing the strength and rigidity necessary to resistany outward tilting of the guard rail 11 with respect to the running rail.

In operation the running rail 10 is first positioned on the tie plate 13 and secured in its operative position by the spikes 18 19. Tie clip members are then positioned on the base flange of the running rail, so that the upper end of the arm 26 will bear firmly against the lower surface of the head 27. The base flange of the guard rail is then positioned in the recess 25 of the clip member, and driven to its proper spaced position with respect to the running rail. The supporting block 14: for the other side of the guard rail is then hooked over the opposite edge of the guard rail and positioned between the edge of the rail and the upstanding shoulder 17 of the tie plate, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The block support 14 may be held in its operative position by means of spikes 20 21 Vhile I have shown my invention in connection with one preferred construction, it will be obvious that the features of construction can be varied in shape, size or arrangement, so as to accommodate rails of different size or shape without departure from the spirit of my invention. It will, therefore, be understood that I contemplate all such modifications in structure as come within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

'1 claim:

1. The combination with a running rail and a guard rail arranged in spaced relation to each other, and means providing abutments for the edges of the base flanges of said rails farthest removed from each other, of means interposed between the adjacent edges of said base flanges comprising a clip formed with recesses to receive said adjacent base flanges, and an arm engaging the under surface of the head of the running rail and the upper surface of the adjacent base flange of the guard rail.

2. The combination with a running rail and a guard rail arranged in spaced relation to each other, and means providing abutments for the edges of the base flanges of the rails farthest removed from each other, of means interposed between the adjacent edges of said base flanges at points between the cross ties, comprising a clip formed with recesses to receive the said adjacent base flanges, and an arm engaging the under surface of the head of the running rail and the upper surface of the adjacent face of the guard rail.

3. The combination with a running rail and a guard rail arranged in spaced relation with each other, and means providing abutments for the edges of the base flanges of said rails farthest removed from each other, of means interposed between the adjacent edges of said base flanges to mamtain the guard rail in its operative position, comprisinga clip formed with an arm to flt in the space between the under surface of the head and the top surface of the base of the running rail, provided with a jaw errtending under the running rail; the said arm being formed to bear against the upper surface of the adjacent base flange of the guard rail, whereby a portion of the rolling load on the running rail will be transmitted through said arm to the guard rail.

4. The combination with a running rail and a guard rail arranged in spaced relation to each other, and means providing abutments for the edges of the base flanges of the said rails farthest removed from each other, of means interposed between the adjacent edges of said base flanges, at points between the cross ties on which the running rail is supported, comprising a clip formed with an arm to fit into the space between the under surface of the head and the top surface of the base of the said running rail, provided with a jaw extending under said running rail, and formed with a jaw portion adapted to bear against the upper surface of the adjacent base flange of the guard rail, whereby tilting of the guard rail in a direction away from the running rail is resisted by a compression of said arm.

5. The combination with a running rail and a guard rail arranged in spaced relation to each other, and means providing abutments for the edges of the base flanges of the said rails comprising a tie plate, formed at one end with a shoulder adapted to abut against one edge of the base of the running rail and formed at the other end with an upstanding shoulder, and a guard rail supporting block interposed between one edge of 1 the guard rail and the last mentioned shoulder of said tie plate, of means for maintaining said running rail and guard rail in operative position comprising a clip interposed between the adjacent base flanges of said rails formed with recesses to receive the edges of said flanges, and provided with an arm adapted to bear against the under surface of the head of the running rail and against the upper surface of the adjacent flange of the guard rail, whereby outward tilting of the guard rail is resisted by a compression of said arm.

6(The combination with a tie plate formed at opposite ends with upstanding tween the under surface of the head of the 1 shoulders, a running rail arranged to abut against one of said shoulders, a guard rail arranged in spaced relation to the running rail, a supporting casting formed with a jaw portion to receive one edgeof the base flange oi the guard rail and adapted to be interposed. between said guard rail and the other shoulder of said tie plate, means interposed between said running rail and guard rail to support the adjacent guard rail flange and to prevent said guard rail from tilting away from said running rail, comprising a clip interposed between the adjacent flanges of said running and guard rails at a point intermediate the cross ties on which said rails are supported, said clip being formed with recesses to receive the adjacent edges of the base flanges of said rails, and with a compression member formed to extend berunning rail and the upper surface of the adj acent flange of the guard rail, whereby lateral pressure against said guard rail is resisted by a compression transmitted through said arm to the under surface of the head oi? said running rail.

7. The combination with a running rail and a guard rail arranged in spaced relation to each other, of means for supporting the edge of the guard rail base farthest removed from the running rail, and means for supporting the other edge or said guard rail base comprising a clip formed with recesses to receive said edge of the guard rail and the adjacent edge of the running rail and provided with an arm adapted to bear against the under surface of the head of the running rail and the upper surface of said running rail and guard. rail.

PHILIP W. MOORE. 

